Devotions from Jan Johnson’s book Jesus emphasized the practice of welcoming the stranger as he welcomed all kinds of people into His life and identified with them.  He challenges us to welcome others with His love, and to do that we have to let go of self-absorption and our indifference to people that are not…

Devotions based on Jan Johnson’s book ,”Invitation to the Jesus Life Today’s devotion is on being a good listener and I certainly have a long ways to go in being an attentive listener. Do we often listen with half an ear and presume we already know what the other person has to say, waiting for…

Devotions from Jan Johnson’s book Invitation to the Jesus Life Jesus calls us friends! Is that a radical thought? Too often we frame God’s invitation to share His life as a contract. We may view Him like a vending machine.. If we put in the coin of good deeds, church activities etc then He will…

Today I woke with the words of a song, “Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”  The sky was so clear with moon and stars and so awesome. Our whole trip home last night was one of beauty as the moon looked like a ball of fire. Devotions from…

Devotions from Gary Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus We were made for Him! To become more like Him it takes vision, intention and means. ( VIM) Vision is “ the ability to see ourselves radically transformed and authentically living life a whole new way in God’s Kingdom on earth—head-over-heels in love with both the Creator…

Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship with Jesus Today our author talks about being well balanced in our approach to spiritual formation and uses 6 different groups. If we zero in on only one we end up having a “spiritual eating disorder”, so we need to partake of each of them. Contemplative: Spending time with…

Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship With Jesus for 11-2 Hurry is an expression of anxiety and the sign of a deeper problem. Dallas Willard said, “One of the greatest enemies to service to Jesus is service to Jesus.  If you are not experiencing your yoke as easy and your burden as light, then you…

Devotions from Gary Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus John Calvin said, “For as the surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves,, so the only haven of safety is to have no other will, no other wisdom, than to follow the Lord wherever He leads. Let this, then, be the first step, to…

Devotions from Gray Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus Sometimes life gives us lots of painful shocks and we try to deaden the pain.  The painkillers may take the form of certain patterns of behavior—like perfectionism, overachievement, approval seeking, avoidance, people pleasing, co-dependence, always being in control etc.  Regardless of the form, these God-substitutes are idols…

Devotions for 10-29   from Gary Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus Joshua Kang said, “Abraham had to empty his heart….And when he did so he made room for God’s abundant blessing. He became a friend of God through surrender.” The ways of the kingdom of God are often at odds with those of the world.  If…